Search results for: 'the works'
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MAYNARD, Charles Clarkson Martin. The Murmansk Venture.London : [1928]
A presentation copy. Inscribed by the author to: "J. Sewell, With my thanks for help with the illustrations. Charles Maynard, Sept 1928". An account of the expedition by the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in North Russia from May 1918 to September 1919. The work is particularly useful for its detailed coverage of military operations throughout... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 73879
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WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Small Bachelor.London : 1927
First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Betty Askwith, with the author's compliments, P. G. Wodehouse June 1927". It is rare to find a signed or inscribed copy. Betty Askwith (1909-1995), the only daughter of the first Lord Askwith and Ellen Graham, published her first book of poems in 1928 at the age... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 126456
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DUNSANY, Edward Plunkett, Lord. The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders.London : 1950
First edition, first impression in the second issue binding (the first issue being black cloth). From the author's library, inscribed as such by Dunsany's wife on the front free endpaper, and dated 1958. In this work Colonel Polder's is put under a spell causing him to live the life of variety of animals, and a short time that of a jinn. Dunsany (1878-1957)... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 110365
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FOGEL, Robert W. The Slavery Debates, 1952-1990.Baton Rouge : 2003
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the half-title. During this period, a fierce debate raged in the US concerning the interpretation of the slavery era, partly ignited by Fogel and Engerman's 1974 publication, Time on the Cross, in which they concluded that slavery was a profitable and efficient labour system, with benefits for... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 96392
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STERN, James. "The Bank".Blandford : 1975
First and sole edition, number 18 of 50 copies of this short story privately published by the author, originally composed in Berlin in 1928. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title, "For Anthony Hobson affectionately, Jimmy Stern, my first effort 1928, Whitsbury 6. iv. 1975"; together with an autograph letter signed by Stern to Anthony... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 116549
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SMITH, Edward E. The Vortex Blaster.Hicksville, NY : 1960
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to the publisher on the front free endpaper, "To my friend Marty Greenberg - with the hope that this new relationship of publisher and writer will make even deeper the friendship that has lasted so long, Edward E. Smith, PhD". Smith originally worked as a food scientist, and became... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 82267
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DAHL, Roald. The Magic Finger.London : 1968
First UK edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Christopher Radmell, Roald Dahl". Rarely found inscribed, Magic Finger was first published two years earlier in the US.
Dahl had originally begun work on it in 1962, under its original title of The Almost Ducks. In the story, an eight-year-old girl, who hates to see... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 140580
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FISHER, Irving. The Money Illusion.New York : 1928
First edition, second printing (two months after the first). Inscribed by the author to the Nobel Laureate and economist Frederick Soddy on the front free endpaper: "To Professor Frederick Soddy with the compliments of Irving Fisher January 1929". Soddy had been awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1921 for his work on isotopes. The Money Illusion,... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 125882
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STRACHEY, Ray. The Cause.London : 1928
First edition, first impression, a scarce presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Edith Badcock with love from Agnes & Ray Christmas 1928". "Agnes" is Strachey's close friend and fellow suffrage campaigner Agnes Garrett (1845-1935), older sister of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, to whom the book is dedicated.
Agnes also had a... Learn More£1,000.00Stock Code: 139283
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DRESSER, Horatio W. The Power of Silence.Boston : 1895
First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Mrs I. S. Hackett with best wishes of Horatio W. Dresser May 31st 1895". This is the New Thought religious leader's first book: "it is a chapter from life, an appeal to life, and aims to give the thing itself, so far as possible, instead of talking... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 117970
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HOROWITZ, David. The Abolition of Poverty.New York : 1969
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Mr. Robert S. McNamara, in friendship and appreciation D Horowitz Jerusalem November 1969". The recipient was Robert McNamara (1916-2009), United States Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, and a significant figure in the Cold War, having a... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 138303
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. (intro.); BERMANN, Richard A. The Mahdi of Allah.London : 1931
First English edition and the first edition with Churchill's introduction, originally published in German in the same year under the title Die Derwischtrommel (The Dervish Drum). Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on a preliminary blank: "To Sir Henry Wellcome in admiration of his great Research and Archaeological work in the Sudan, Richard... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 100315
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AGEE, James. The Morning Watch.Rome : 1950
First edition, offprint issue, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Albert Brush, with warmest regard and esteem, Jim Agee, June 6, '54"; this is the offprint of the novella as it first appeared in the literary journal Botteghe oscure, VI. The recipient, the enigmatic Santa Monica poet Albert Brush, travelled in bohemian circles... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 106970
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O'CONNOR, Flannery. The Violent Bear it Away.New York : 1960
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title "For Louis Dollarhide in appreciation - Flannery O'Connor, Millidgeville, April 8, 1960". Inserted is O'Connor's calling card on which she has written "I took the liberty of correcting the typographical error on page 242, FOC". On page 242 she has crossed out... Learn More£5,500.00Stock Code: 62636
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FLAHERTY, Robert. The Captain's Chair.London : 1938
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jack Beddington via John Grierson -horn blower and then some! With all good wishes, Cafe Royal, London, August 7 - 1938". An excellent association linking one of the pioneers of documentary film with one of its most notable patrons. The author, Robert Flaherty, is best known... Learn More£575.00Stock Code: 75728
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LONG, Frank Belknap. The Hounds of Tindalos.Sauk City : 1946
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Richard Hughes, With great admiration for the high excellence and artistry of his stories in a related medium. Frank Belknap Long, New York, February 24, 1946".
The recipient of this work is believed to be American Comic Group writer and... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 119634
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[SANFORD, John.] SHAPIRO, Julian. The Water Wheel.1933
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper: "This one for them Abernathys for having helped me in so many ways, sincerely Julian Mar.7.33." The recipient was Milton Abernathy, the editor of Contempo, a short lived but notable little magazine published in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from... Learn More£4,750.00Stock Code: 65534
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KERR, Mark. The Destroyer, and A Cargo of Notions.London : 1909
First edition, first impression, signed by Kerr in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, of this collection of naval poetry. Admiral Mark Edward Frederic Kerr CB, CVO (1864-1944) was, at the time of publication, commander of the H.M.S. Invincible. He acted in the First World War as both a Royal Navy and a Royal Air Force officer, being... Learn More£95.00Stock Code: 109644
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PENROSE, Roland. The Road is Wider Than Long.London : 1939
First and limited edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to French actor and writer Jacques B. Brunius (1906-1967) on the half-title, "à Brunius mon ami, Roland Penrose", number 137 of 510 copies. Penrose visited the Balkans with Lee Miller in 1938 and recorded the tour in this photographic diary, the first work in the Series of Surrealist... Learn More£3,250.00Stock Code: 123648
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TREVELYAN, Sir George Otto. The Ladies in Parliament and Other Pieces.London : 1888
A later edition of a collection first published in 1869, and the title piece having been "composed during the great agitation which followed the rejection of Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill of 1866 giving some notion of how a Greek Comedian might have written, when at his very worst, if he had lived in the days of chignons and female suffrage an attempt... Learn More£95.00Stock Code: 115345
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CARSON, Rachel. The Sea Around Us.New York : 1951
Book Club edition, inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Doris Thompson - who sells the right kind of books! Rachel L. Carson". Doris Thompson (1903-1970) was a literary agent and co-owner of a bookstore in Washington, DC, and was well connected within the city's diplomatic community and social sets. The Sea Around Us remained on the New York... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 130384
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BYRON, Robert. The Road to Oxiana.London : 1937
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Sir Denison Ross, in memory of much help with this book and many others, from, Robert Byron". A superb association, the distinguished linguist and orientalist Sir Denison Ross (1871-1940) was professor of Persian at University College, London... Learn More£5,000.00Stock Code: 79960
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GROVES, Percy Robert Clifford, Brigadier-General. Behind the smoke screen.London : 1934
First edition of this timely reassessment of the importance of air power, proving "that there is an urgent need for a reorientation of the nations defensive system" (Swinton's preface). This copy inscribed on the front free endpaper to the chairman and managing director of Short Brothers; "To Oswald Short with kind regards from P. R. C. Groves, January... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 142780
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OLUFSEN, Ole. The Emir of Bokhara and his Country.Copenhagen : 1911
First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, of this highly detailed and well-illustrated study of the region by the Secretary of the Royal Danish Geographical Society, drawing on the material accumulated during his command of the first and Second Danish Pamir Expeditions, 1896-97, 1898-99, from which he brought back more than 700 artefacts... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 104298
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DE QUINCEY, Thomas. The Logic of Political Economy.Edinburgh & London : 1844
First edition. The Logic of Political Economy, De Quincey's exposition of Ricardian economics, is the author's principal economic work. Rearranged from a series of papers by his publisher and discussing the relative influence of utility and scarcity, the former being described as affirmative or power value, the latter as negative or resistance value,... Learn More£8,250.00Stock Code: 93298
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THATCHER, Margaret. The Path to Power.London : 1995
First edition, first impression, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the title page "To Woodrow with warm regards and many thanks for all your help Margaret Thatcher". An excellent association copy - the recipient was Woodrow Wyatt (1918-1997), Labour Member of Parliament for most of 1945 to 1970, who switched sides and became Thatcher's... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 135680
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STRICKLAND, Agnes. The Seven Ages of Woman, and Other Poems.London : 1827
First edition, presentation copy from the author's sister, inscribed on the half-title "To Mrs Cautley with Jane M Strickland's love", later inscribed on the half-title verso, "To Miss G. F. J. Foster with compliments from Andrew J Cutler", with the ownership signature of Ida S. Cutler to the title page.
The Seven Ages of Woman is Agnes Strickland's... Learn More£550.00Stock Code: 138335
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BAKER, Josephine, & Piet Worm (illus.) La Tribu arc-en-ciel; The Rainbow Children.Amsterdam : [1957]
First edition and first edition in English, first printings, signed on the verso of each front free endpaper "Maman Josephine Baker" for the French, and "Mama Josephine Baker" for the English. The Rainbow Children tells of the adventures of a one-eyed black hen named Kott-Kott who travels the world in search of her lost eye and finally finds salvation... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 138681
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![Lost + Found Part I; [together with:] Good News Part II.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/2/123626comp.jpg)
LACHAPELLE, David. Lost + Found Part I; [together with:] Good News Part II.Cologne : 2017
First editions, first impressions. Signed by Lachapelle opposite the title page of Lost + Found and inscribed and signed opposite the copyright page of Good News with the phrase "Be Brave". A superb large-format Taschen publication, these works showcase the vibrant colour-saturated photography of LaChapelle. Once dubbed the Fellini of photography, LaChapelle... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 123626
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WAPLINGTON, Nick. Living Room; [together with] Weddings, Parties, Anything.Manchester; New York : 1991 & 1996
First editions, first impressions. Both works are insribed by Waplington on the title-page: "For Stephen, best wishes, Nick Waplington, 1993" and "To Stephen, thank you & best wishes, Nick W. 1996" respectively. Living Room includes essays by John Berger and Richard Avedon, and Weddings, Parties, Anything an essay by Irvine Welsh. Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 118260
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CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley. The Worst Journey in The World.London : 1951
Personally published by Cherry-Garrard, this is the first edition to include the retrospective Postscript written in 1948. This copy has a poignant association, being inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Reynell in gratitude, 1947 to 1951 from Apsley Cherry-Garrard, October 25th 1951". The recipient was Una Mary, widow of Rupert Reynell, the... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 142508
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HUGHES, Ted. Moon-Bells and Other Poems.London : 1978
First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Olwyn, lots of love from Ted Feb. 1978". Hughes was very close to his sister Olwyn. After Plath's suicide in 1963 Olwyn helped to bring up their children, became her brother's literary agent, established the Rainbow Press with Ted in 1971 to... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 125892
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ROBBE-GRILLET, Alain. Dans le labyrinthe.Paris : 1959
First edition, out-of-series for presentation from an edition of 70 plus 7 numbered hors-commerce copes, inscribed from the author to the distinguished editor and journalist François Erval on the front free endpaper, "A François Erval, qui a deja fait tant pour faire connaitre ces recherches, avec tout l'amitié de Robbe Grillet, 30 Sept. 59. Journ... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 119590
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WODEHOUSE, P. G. Joy in the Morning.London : [1947]
First UK edition, first impression of the fourth Jeeves novel, including a photograph of Wodehouse inscribed "with best wishes P. G. Wodehouse", and a typed letter signed by Wodehouse to a fan enclosing the photograph, and commenting on his books.
Dated 14 March 1947 and sent to one Mr. Curran in St. Germain en Laye in France, Wodehouse writes... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 142102
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JOHNSON, B. S. The Unfortunates.London : 1969
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the inside cover of the box to the publisher, editor and literary agent William Miller, who was one of the main driving forces behind Panther Books: "For William, with respect for his courage in publishing this: and thanks, Bryan, 1/1/69" and with his signature over the printed... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 88781
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MUNNINGS, Sir Alfred. An Artist's Life; The Second Burst; The Finish [together with] Ballads and Poems or, A Rhyming succession of Rhyming digression.London : 1950-57
First editions, first impressions. Volumes I and III of The Autobiography and Ballads and Poems signed by Alfred and Violet Munnings. With a manuscript letter by Violet Munnings, dated 30 January 1962, giving opening times for Beldon House and studio, alongside other ephemera related to the book and Alfred Munnings, constituting newspaper clippings,... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 121829
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories.New York : 1938
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hemingway on the front free endpaper, "To Cuyler Stevens with all good luck Ernest Hemingway", with Cuyler Stevens's bookplate to the front pastedown. Hemingway is known to have inscribed copies of several of his books to Ralph Cuyler Stevens (1903-1965), including Winner Take Nothing (the... Learn More£18,750.00Stock Code: 121928
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MANDELA, Nelson - MATTHIESSEN, Peter. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.New York : 1983
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy for Nelson Mandela, inscribed on the half-title recto by the author "For Nelson Mandela with greatest respect, and thanks, and kindest regards. Peter Matthiessen. August 1990", and additionally inscribed by a leading member of the Leonard Peltier defence committee: "Nelson Mandela, in this lifetime, on... Learn More£20,000.00Stock Code: 132382
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BELLOW, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March.New York : 1953
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Patricia, To the best dressed, best-natured woman in New York from her admirer - and friend, Saul". The recipient was likely Viking Press's publicity director Patricia MacManus, with whom Bellow had become friends. MacManus started working for Viking... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 118332
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O'FLAHERTY, Liam. The Informer.New York : 1925
First US edition, first printing. With the author's signed full page presentation inscription to the actor and screenwriter Louis Sherwin. Sherwin is remembered for his contemptuous comment about Hollywood, "They know only one word of more than one syllable here and that word is 'fillum'". O'Flaherty worked in Hollywood, but The Informer was his first... Learn More£1,200.00Stock Code: 29444
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![[The Second World War, in Danish] Den Anden Verdenskrig.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/3/5/35025comp.jpg)
CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, in Danish] Den Anden Verdenskrig.Copenhagen : 1948-54
First Danish editions, inscribed by the author, vol. 1 "For Emery Reves by Winston S. Churchill, 1949", vol. 2 signed and dated 1949, vol. 3 and 5 signed "WSChurchill", vol. 4 inscribed "For Emery Reves from Winston S. Churchill, 1951", vol. 6 signed and dated 1955. From the library of Emery Reves, Churchill's literary agent. Reves had been instrumental... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 35025
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POUND, Ezra. The Pisan Cantos.New York : 1948
First edition, first printing, inscribed twice by the author on the front free endpaper: "Eileen from Ezra full benedictions S. Liz 1949", and with his subsequent inscription, "having been forgot returned and re returned repeat 'benedictions' June 58". A superb relic from the St Elizabeth years: the recipient was Eileen Lane Kinney, a member of the... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 124333
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, in Swedish] Andra Världskriget.Stockholm : 1948-54
First editions in Swedish, volumes I, III, and VI only of the complete set. Each volume inscribed by Churchill on the half-title. Volume I: "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill 1948 for Emery Reves"; Volume III signed and dated 1950; Volume VI signed and dated 1955. From the library of Emery Reves, Churchill's literary agent. Reves had been instrumental... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 35023
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COWARD, Noël. Waiting in the Wings.London : 1960
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For Harry from Noel." The recipient may be the producer Harry Alan Towers (1921-2009), who worked in radio, television and film for over 50 years. "In 1947, he persuaded Noël Coward to record 13 half-hour radio programs about his songs, for international... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 114997
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KELMSCOTT PRESS: MORRIS, William. Poems by the Way.Hammersmith : 1891
First edition, a superb presentation copy to Georgiana Burne-Jones, inscribed by the author on the initial blank "to Georgie from WM Oct: 22nd 1891".
Georgiana Burne-Jones met Morris through her friendship with, and eventual engagement to, Edward Burne Jones. The pair spent summer holidays with William and Jane Morris at Red House, and worked... Learn More£6,750.00Stock Code: 145199
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HOCKNEY, David. That's the Way I See It.London : 1993
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Hockney in gold ink over the double title page. "For Michael, "'Love'" David H". The recipient Michael Hogarth worked with Jerry Solomon Enterprises, a picture framing business in Los Angeles. It was here in 1965 that Jerry Solomon first began framing for David Hockney and to this day, the company handles... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 143750
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Corrected draft typescript, signed, on the Soviet threat.1931
Extensively corrected typescript of one of the articles on European affairs commissioned from Churchill during 1931 for syndication in Hearst newspapers. An astute commentary on European Realpolitik, anticipating the Soviet bloc and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. On publication in the Milwaukee Sentinel, 23 August 1931, the piece was headlined; "Winston... Learn More£30,000.00Stock Code: 80696
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HAWES, Sir Benjamin. A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc.[London] : 1828
First and only edition. Presentation copy on large paper of this cornerstone of mountaineering literature, inscribed "With William Hawes sic compliments to effaced Louis Miéville" on the title page, extremely uncommon with the plate of comparative mountain heights and of Saussure's ascent: Neate implies that copies were issued with either one or the... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 118829
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UPDIKE, John. The Centaur.New York : 1963
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author "for James O. Freedman Best wishes John Updike" on the front free endpaper.
James O. Fredman (1935-2006) was an influential American higher-education administrator who studied alongside John Updike at Harvard in 1954. Freedman writes in his autobiography that "the most celebrated student... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 128328
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SHIEL, M. P. The Invisible Voices.London : 1935
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Harold Taves from M. P. Shiel. Christmas, 1935. 'L'Abri', New Rd., Worthing Rd., Horsham, Sussex, England." Taves was a correspondent of Shiel's who worked with the poet Edward Doro to sell Shiel's novels to Hollywood. He later owned a bookstore in Seattle and sold... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 68836
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo.New York : 1951
First edition, first printing, second issue binding. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to his friend the film producer Paul Nathan on the front free endpaper: "To Paul, fondly, Tennessee". Paul Nathan (1912-1977) produced the 1961 film adaptation of Williams's play Summer and Smoke. He also worked on several Westerns, among them True Grit and... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 90192
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WILSON, Harold - WHALE, John. The Half-Shut Eye.London : 1969
First edition. Presentation copy to then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "to the Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson MP from John Whale April 1969". The author John Whale (1931-2008) worked in various media positions, as a political reporter and Washington correspondent with ITN, writer at the Sunday Times, as head... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 138181
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THATCHER, Margaret. The Downing Street Years; The Path to Power; Statecraft. Strategies for a Changing World; The Collected Speeches.London : 1993-2002
First editions, first impressions. All signed on the title page by Margaret Thatcher. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 98887
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TROTSKY, Leon. The Revolution Betrayed.New York & London : 1937 & 1938
First US edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed from Trotsky to Benjamin Stolberg on the front free endpaper, "devotedly yours, Leon Trotsky, 21/11 1937, Coyoacan".
The American journalist and labour activist Benjamin Stolberg (1891-1951) was a member of the Dewey Commission and had strong association links to Trotsky. The Revolution... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 118029
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ST AUBYN, Edward. [The Patrick Melrose novels:]London : 1992-1994-2006-2011
First editions, first impressions, of the complete set, with Mother's Milk signed by the author to the title page. A collection of semi-autobiographical books, The Patrick Melrose novels were made into a 5 part mini-series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in 2018. Mother's Milk, here signed, was nominated for a Booker... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 138127
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![The Chimes; [together with:] The Cricket on the Hearth; [and:] The Battle of Life.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/4/143148comp.jpg)
DICKENS, Charles. The Chimes; [together with:] The Cricket on the Hearth; [and:] The Battle of Life.London : 1845, 1846, & 1846
A superb set of presentation Christmas Books, all three copies presented by Dickens to his friend and theatrical Pickwick, John Pritt Harley, each inscribed by the author at the head of the printed title in blue ink, "J. P. Harley From his friend Charles Dickens".
The inscriptions are undated, but almost certainly all three were inscribed together... Learn More£100,000.00Stock Code: 143148
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TAIT, Peter Guthrie - KNOTT, Cargill Gilston. Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait.Cambridge : 1911
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the half-title "Thomas Alexander from his former colleague, the Author, May 19, 1911". Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 63385
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HIRST, Damien. Beautiful Inside My Head Forever.London : 2008
First and only edition, signed and dated "Damien Hirst '08" on the title page of the first volume, also signed in both supplements which cover lot 213, The Kingdom, and lot 237, The Golden Calf. Published for the two-day sale in three parts of new work by Hirst held at Sotheby's, London on 15 and 16 September 2008. Hirst bypassed traditional galleries... Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 134003
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BORTIN, Virginia. Elinor Remick Warren: her life and music.Metuchen, New Jersey : 1987
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Remick Warren, "To Patsy, with all loving good wishes and happy memories of neighborhood days, from Elinor Remick Warren Griffins" on the front free endpaper. Works signed by Remick Warren are uncommon. Warren's "neo-Romantic style which was accessible to audiences and characterized... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 134308
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KOKOSCHKA, Oskar - HOFFMAN, Edith. Kokoschka. Life and Work.London : 1947
First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the artist to his sister, "For my beloved sister Biboschl at Xmas 1947 with thousand kisses from her brother Oskar, London, 16.xii.47", on the front free endpaper. Berta Kokoschka (b.1889) is mentioned briefly in this biography at p. 26: "their Oskar and brother Bohuslav sister married... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 125586
